A self-acknowledged perfectionist, Jessica feels she could have done better with her a cappella performance of "The Star Spangled Banner."

"I was nervous, because – right when I walked out – they were all waving and then I just start singing," she recalled. "I didn’t even wait, because I was so nervous. And then, right after I was done singing, they were congratulating me, and I was like: `Oh my god, I messed up!’ Knowing that the president was standing two feet away from me and I’m singing the national anthem, a song that a lot of people forget the words to and can sometimes mess up, I was freaking out."

She laughed.

"There’s been so many times when I’ve over-analyzed things. I’m learning how not to do that so much anymore, because I know there are going to be things in the future that I’m going to have to deal with. And things might not always be perfect – I’m human and stuff. But I’ve definitely over-analyzed things before."

Jessica’s 11-song debut album, “Me, You & The Music,” teams her with some of the top dance-pop and R&B producers and songwriters around. They include Ne-Yo, who duets on “Tonight,” Jessica’s nightclub-friendly debut single. He also co-stars with her in the “Tonight” video and will headline San Diego radio station 933’s Summer Kick-Off concert May 10 at Sleep Train Amphitheatre, where Jessica will perform as an opening act and, perhaps, duet on “Tonight” with him.

Ne-Yo was so impressed after working with Jessica on "Tonight" that he then wrote a song for her, "Plastic Roses." It's one of the highlights of the album.

"It kind of freaked me out when I first met NeY,o because his vocals were already on the track (when I got to the studio) and I didn’t think I was going to meet him," Jessica said. "But I walked into the studio, and there he was. And I was like: 'Oh my gosh!' Because I’ve always been a big fan of his. And then, later on, the second time I met up with him was at the video (shoot) and, um, I don’t know, everything was like so much more laid back. I guess I was, like, ready to have fun that day, ready to kill at the music video (shoot)!

"I woke up at 5 or 4 o’clock in the morning, just ready with adrenaline, ready to go. And then when I saw him, he treated me like his little sister and it made me feel like family to him. And ever since then, every time I see him, he’s so friendly with me, so down-to-earth."

Commenting on the "Tonight" video, which presents a glammed-up Jessica singing and dancing up a storm, Billboard's Gallo said: "The goal is to put her and Ne-Yo on equal footing. You've got to present her, not as an adult artist, but you don't want her to look like she belongs on the Disney Channel."

San Diego radio station 933 was the first in the country to add "Tonight" to its playlist, according to Joe Haze, the station's program director.